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directed by

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and starring

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

Anny Ondra Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was an Austrian (German) and Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married ...

and

Walter Steinbeck Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Romance of a Poor Sin ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 347 It was shot at the

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and premiered in the city's

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. The film's sets were designed by

Walter Haag Walter Haag (1898–1978) was a German art director. He worked on more than sixty films during his career including the 1940 historical melodrama ''The Heart of a Queen''.Hull p.179-80 Selected filmography * '' The Private Life of Louis XIV'' (19 ...

. It was made by Froelich's separate production unit, and distributed by the

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Cast

as Hermann Knittel *

as Erika Knittel *

as Herr - der nicht erkannt sein möchte * Erika Helmke as Blondes Fräulein Lilott *

Will Dohm Will Dohm (8 April 1897 – 28 November 1948) was a German film actor. He is the father of the actress Gaby Dohm. Selected filmography * ''Waterloo (1929 film), Waterloo'' (1929) * ''Cruiser Emden'' (1932) * ''Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932 ...

as Schwager Alfred * Franz Weber as Judge *

Kurt Vespermann Kurt Vespermann (1 May 1887 – 13 July 1957) was a German stage and film actor. Career Vespermann was born into a theatrical family in Culmsee, West Prussia, Imperial Germany, now Chełmża, Poland. His great-grandparents were actors a ...

as Prosecutor *

Hans Leibelt Hans Leibelt (11 March 1885 in Leipzig, German Empire – 3 December 1974 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * ''Heimliche Sünder'' (1926) * ''The False Prince (1927 film), The False Prince'' (1927) * ' ...

as Defense lawyer *

Charlotte Susa Charlotte Susa (1 March 1898 – 28 July 1976) was a German actress. Biography Susa was born Charlotta Wegmüller in Gut Gaußen (now part of Kretingalė), East Prussia and first appeared on a stage in 1915 at Tilsit. She chose her mother's mai ...

as Schöne Zeugin * Gisela Schlüter as Entzückende kleine Frau * Herbert Bach as Kellner * Luise Bethke-Zitzman as Knittels Nachbarin *

Paul Bildt Paul Hermann Bildt (19 May 1885 – 13 March 1957) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1910 and 1956. He was born in Berlin and died in Zehlendorf, West Berlin. Selected filmography * '' Devil in Silk'' (19 ...

as Nervenarzt Dr. Brauer *

Fritz Draeger Fritz is a common German male name. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor), as well ...

as Mann im Zugabteil *

Paul Esser Paul Esser (24 April 1913 – 20 January 1988) was a German stage and television actor and voice actor. He is remembered for playing the lead role in the Sender Freies Berlin version of the detective series '' Tatort''. Esser was born in Ge ...

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as Taxifahrer * Wilhelm Große as Auskunftsbeamter * Wolfgang Heise * Bruno Hellwinkel as Polizeibeamter *

Otto Krieg-Helbig Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

as Polizeibeamter *

Wilhelm P. Krüger Wilhelm P. Krüger (29 August 1883 – 12 July 1959) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 309 Selected filmography * '' Flachsmann the Educator'' (1930) * ''Trouble with Jolanthe ''Trouble with Jolanthe'' (German: ''Krach um Jolanthe ...

as Flickschneider *

Walter Lieck Walter may refer to: People and fictional characters * Walter (name), including a list of people and fictional and mythical characters with the given name or surname * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–19 ...

as Bankdiener *

Manfred Meurer Manfred Meurer (8 September 1919 – 22 January 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a night fighter ace credited with 65 aerial victories claimed in 130 combat missions making him the fifth most successful night f ...

as Verdächtiger Jüngling * Herta Neupert as Mopsgesicht * Erik Radolf as Kriminalbeamter * Marga Riffa as Beamtin der Sittenpolizei * Rolf Rolphs as Polizeibeamter * Max Rosenhauer * Oscar Sabo as Pensionierter Schutzmann * Ernst Stimmel as Bankdirektor * Eleonore Tappert as Zimmervermieterin *

Eva Tinschmann Eva Tinschmann (April 19, 1893 – August 10, 1978) was a German actress. She appeared in the 1937 Sherlock Holmes film '' The Grey Lady''.Pointer p.153 Selected filmography * '' The Final Chord'' (1936) * '' The Accusing Song'' (1936) * '' Scand ...

as Frau Maschke * Hans Ulrich as Bankangestellter *

Egon Vogel Egon Vogel (1908–1993) was a German stage, television and film actor.Giesen p.190 A character actor he amassed over a hundred credits during his career, some of them in minor parts. Selected filmography Film * ''Boccaccio'' (1936) * '' The Deru ...

as Beamter für Verkehrsunfälle *

Ewald Wenck Ewald Wenck (28 December 1891 – 3 April 1981) was a German actor. He appeared in more than 230 films and television shows between 1919 and 1978. Selected filmography * '' We Stick Together Through Thick and Thin'' (1929) * '' Spoiling th ...

as Kriminalbeamter *

Hermine Ziegler Hermine is a feminine form of Herman, consisting of the elements '' harja-'' "army" and '' mann-'' "man". It could also be a variant of the Greek name Hermione. Hermine, Herminie, or Hermin may refer to: People with the given name Hermine ...

as Frauenberaterin Janette Knoll *

Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and film director, director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as ''The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p ...

as Vornehmer alter Herr *

Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...

as Polizeibeamter *

Kurt Seifert Kurt Seifert (4 July 1903 – 3 December 1950) was a German actor, singer, comedian, and in his later years, theatre director. Seifert was known as an operetta singer.O'Brien p.32 From 1934 onwards he appeared in a significant number of feature fi ...

as Finanzbeamter *

Helmut Weiss Helmut Weiss (January 25, 1907 – January 13, 1969) was a German actor, screenwriter, and film director. He was notable for directing ''Tell the Truth (film), Tell the Truth'', the first film produced after the Second World War in what was to bec ...

as Romantischer Jüngling

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1941 films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1941 comedy films 1940s German-language films Films directed by Carl Froelich UFA GmbH films Films based on works by Heinrich Spoerl German black-and-white films Films shot at Tempelhof Studios 1940s German films Films scored by Hanson Milde-Meissner German-language comedy films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub